Good thing we (the US) lost the war, or this lady would probably have her own team of lobbyists running their country.

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    7 months ago

    Or just those that are not on “the line”? Like Russians falling out of windows. What is the actual truth behind this?

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      7 months ago

      What do you mean by that? The articles about this have been all over on lemmy for the last few days. She got away with ~$9 billion in financial crimes for over a decade, with total damages estimated at $12.5 billion. Her husband was also caught for embezzlement of billions and is receiving a 9 year prison sentence.

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        7 months ago

        Sounds like she must have gotten caught stealing from rich people for it to have been that much. You’ll get in trouble for that anywhere. You may not get the death penalty but you may die in prison.

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      the actual truth appears to be that she committed an incredible amount of really basic, egregious fraud